Stag Film - Revision history

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	American stag cinema in general has received scholarly attention first in the mid-seventies by mainstream male scholars, such as in Di Lauro and Gerald Rabkin's ''Dirty Movies'' (1976), and more recently by [[feminist]] and gay cultural historians, such as in [[Linda Williams (film scholar)\|Linda Williams]]' ''Hard Core: Power Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible"'' (1999) and Thomas Waugh's ''Homosociality in the Classical American Stag Film: Off-Screen, On-screen'' (2001).		American stag cinema in general has received scholarly attention first in the mid-seventies by mainstream male scholars, such as in Di Lauro and Gerald Rabkin's ''Dirty Movies'' (1976), and more recently by [[feminist]] and gay cultural historians, such as in [[Linda Williams (film scholar)\|Linda Williams]]' ''Hard Core: Power Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible"'' (1999) and Thomas Waugh's ''Homosociality in the Classical American Stag Film: Off-Screen, On-screen'' (2001).

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	~~{{short description\|Silent pornographic film genre}}~~

	A '''stag film''' (also '''blue movie''' or '''smoker''') is a type of [[pornographic film]] produced secretly in the first two-thirds of the 20th century. Typically, stag films had certain traits. They were brief in duration (about 12 minutes at most), were [[silent film\|silent]], depicted explicit or graphic sexual behavior intended to appeal to men, and were produced clandestinely due to censorship laws. Stag films were screened for all-male audiences in fraternities or similar locations; observers offered a raucous collective response to the film, exchanging sexual banter and achieving sexual arousal.		A '''stag film''' (also '''blue movie''' or '''smoker''') is a type of [[pornographic film]] produced secretly in the first two-thirds of the 20th century. Typically, stag films had certain traits. They were brief in duration (about 12 minutes at most), were [[silent film\|silent]], depicted explicit or graphic sexual behavior intended to appeal to men, and were produced clandestinely due to censorship laws. Stag films were screened for all-male audiences in fraternities or similar locations; observers offered a raucous collective response to the film, exchanging sexual banter and achieving sexual arousal.

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	A '''stag film''' (also '''blue movie''' or '''smoker''') is a type of [[pornographic film]] produced secretly in the first two-thirds of the 20th century. Typically, stag films had certain traits. They were brief in duration (about 12 minutes at most), were [[silent film\|silent]], depicted ~~[[hardcore pornography\|~~explicit or graphic sexual behavior]] intended to appeal to men, and were produced clandestinely due to censorship laws. Stag films were screened for all-male audiences in fraternities or similar locations; observers offered a raucous collective response to the film, exchanging sexual banter and achieving sexual arousal.		A '''stag film''' (also '''blue movie''' or '''smoker''') is a type of [[pornographic film]] produced secretly in the first two-thirds of the 20th century. Typically, stag films had certain traits. They were brief in duration (about 12 minutes at most), were [[silent film\|silent]], depicted explicit or graphic sexual behavior intended to appeal to men, and were produced clandestinely due to censorship laws. Stag films were screened for all-male audiences in fraternities or similar locations; observers offered a raucous collective response to the film, exchanging sexual banter and achieving sexual arousal.

	Film historians describe stag films as a primitive form of cinema because they were produced by anonymous and [[amateur]] male artists who generally failed in achieving narrative coherence and continuity. Today, many of these films have been archived by the Kinsey Institute; however, most stag films are in a state of decay and have no [[copyright]], credits, or acknowledged authorship. The stag film era ended due to the beginnings of the sexual revolution in the 1960s in combination with the new home-movie technologies of the post-WWI decades, such as 16 mm, 8 mm, and [[Super 8 film]]. Scholars at the [[Kinsey Institute]] believe there were approximately 2000 films produced between 1915 and 1968.		Film historians describe stag films as a primitive form of cinema because they were produced by anonymous and [[amateur]] male artists who generally failed in achieving narrative coherence and continuity. Today, many of these films have been archived by the Kinsey Institute; however, most stag films are in a state of decay and have no [[copyright]], credits, or acknowledged authorship. The stag film era ended due to the beginnings of the sexual revolution in the 1960s in combination with the new home-movie technologies of the post-WWI decades, such as 16 mm, 8 mm, and [[Super 8 film]]. Scholars at the [[Kinsey Institute]] believe there were approximately 2000 films produced between 1915 and 1968.

	American stag cinema in general has received scholarly attention first in the mid-seventies by mainstream male scholars, such as in Di Lauro and Gerald Rabkin's ''Dirty Movies'' (1976), and more recently by [[feminist]] and gay cultural historians, such as in [[Linda Williams (film scholar)\|Linda Williams]]' ''Hard Core: Power Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible"'' (1999) and Thomas Waugh's ''Homosociality in the Classical American Stag Film: Off-Screen, On-screen'' (2001).		American stag cinema in general has received scholarly attention first in the mid-seventies by mainstream male scholars, such as in Di Lauro and Gerald Rabkin's ''Dirty Movies'' (1976), and more recently by [[feminist]] and gay cultural historians, such as in [[Linda Williams (film scholar)\|Linda Williams]]' ''Hard Core: Power Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible"'' (1999) and Thomas Waugh's ''Homosociality in the Classical American Stag Film: Off-Screen, On-screen'' (2001).

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{{short description|Silent pornographic film genre}}

A '''stag film''' (also '''blue movie''' or '''smoker''') is a type of [[pornographic film]] produced secretly in the first two-thirds of the 20th century. Typically, stag films had certain traits. They were brief in duration (about 12 minutes at most), were [[silent film|silent]], depicted [[hardcore pornography|explicit or graphic sexual behavior]] intended to appeal to men, and were produced clandestinely due to censorship laws. Stag films were screened for all-male audiences in fraternities or similar locations; observers offered a raucous collective response to the film, exchanging sexual banter and achieving sexual arousal.

Film historians describe stag films as a primitive form of cinema because they were produced by anonymous and [[amateur]] male artists who generally failed in achieving narrative coherence and continuity. Today, many of these films have been archived by the Kinsey Institute; however, most stag films are in a state of decay and have no [[copyright]], credits, or acknowledged authorship. The stag film era ended due to the beginnings of the sexual revolution in the 1960s in combination with the new home-movie technologies of the post-WWI decades, such as 16 mm, 8 mm, and [[Super 8 film]]. Scholars at the [[Kinsey Institute]] believe there were approximately 2000 films produced between 1915 and 1968.

American stag cinema in general has received scholarly attention first in the mid-seventies by mainstream male scholars, such as in Di Lauro and Gerald Rabkin's ''Dirty Movies'' (1976), and more recently by [[feminist]] and gay cultural historians, such as in [[Linda Williams (film scholar)|Linda Williams]]' ''Hard Core: Power Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible"'' (1999) and Thomas Waugh's ''Homosociality in the Classical American Stag Film: Off-Screen, On-screen'' (2001).